What Changed the World
on May 29, 2026?

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Summary: Anthropic hit a $965B valuation, surpassing OpenAI, Netanyahu ordered the military to seize 70% of the Gaza Strip, and the US sanctioned Iran's new Persian Gulf Strait Authority

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    AI startup Anthropic hits $965B valuation (vs $380B in Feb) surpassing OpenAI ($852B) as world's most valuable private AI company

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    Israeli PM Netanyahu orders military to seize 70% of Gaza Strip (vs current 60% & 53% allotted under Oct 2025 US-brokered ceasefire); Expansion would violate UN-backed truce terms & Trump's 20-point peace plan

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    US sanctions Iran's newly-created Persian Gulf Strait Authority alleging body overseeing Strait of Hormuz "imposes illegitimate tolls that fund Iran's Revolutionary Guards"

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    Fed-preferred inflation gauge (Personal Consumption Expenditures price index) rises to 3.8% in Apr (vs 3.5% in Mar); Personal savings rate (income after taxes & expenses) falls to 2.6% in Apr (vs 3.6% in Mar) lowest since Jun 2022

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    US designates Brazilian drug gangs Comando Vermelho & Primeiro Comando da Capital as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (sanctions); Foreign Terrorist Organization designation (criminal penalties) effective Jun 5

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    Puerto Rico declares state of emergency over worsening coastal erosion, accelerating protections for vulnerable communities days before Atlantic hurricane season begins

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